Web feeding and cutting mechanism



Patented Feb. 22, 1927.

4narran stares Letale? ira-rant t C E 'i f GEORGE' A.. BRESETT, on MIDDLETOWN, NEW YORK, assi-anon To THE Bomann coivt- PANY, oF N nw Yong, N. Y., A conroaerioiv 'on' new JERSEY.

WEBFEDING AND CUTTING MIE]iCYdAhTlSlVI;v

App1`ieation'1ed` January@l 1926. Serial No. 79,389.

The invention relates to an improvement in web feeding and cutting mechanisms.

It is common practice to enclose pieces of confectionery `and the .like in tin foil. ThisA foil is relatively expensive and it has been.v

proposed to substitute the cheaper aluminum foil for it. Up to the present time, however, the use of aluminum foil in place of tin foil has not been altogether successlful because of the difficulty experienced in cutting the aluminum foil.

articles are Wrapped, and the cutting devices operate-to cut o the requisite length of foil for each article. These cutting devices usually comprise a Vpair of shear blades,l ast-ationary bladeand a movable blade. W'hen the blades are' in open position'the feed devices operate to advance the predetermined length of foil between the blades which then close uponthe foil andV sever it. Such is the'nature of aluminum foil that it causes the blades to become. dull lin a relatively short time.V Although dull the blades will continue for a long time successfully to sever the foil. When the blades are dull,rhowever, the lower end of the length of foil being fed from the roll A'adheres to` one blade or the other. When this occurs the next length of foil fed forward by thefeed rolls `causes the lower end of the foil to loop or double so that an imperfect'length of foil is out.V Because of this adheringof the lower end of the uncut length of aluminum foil to one or the other.

of the shear blades after a comparatively short period of operation, aluminum foil as a substitute for tin foil has not gone into general use. rThe economy effected by using aluminum foil, however, has led to many efforts to produce devices for disengaging the stuck end of the uncut length of foil froml So far as I am aware, no successful device'has heretofore been pro- ,the shear blades.k

duced for this purpose. l l

VThe object of the present invention is to provide a web feeding and cut-ting mech..-

; nism with improved means for removing `from the cutters the uncutlengthV of foil The foil is fed, from a roll to the cutting devices of the! automatic wrapping machine in which the extending from the feed rollsto the cutters immediately following. the cutting operation, so that if the end of the foil adheresl tofone bladeor the other it will be disengaged therefrom and held in position to be properly .fed between the open blades on the neXtactuation of the feed rolls. end theinvention consists in the improved web feeding' and cutting mechanismlhere- To .this y ciatedparts; and Fig. 5 `is a-vplan of the;y

cutter blades in open position.

In the illustrated embodiment of the invention the improved web feeding and cutting mechanism is shown applied to the frame of a wrapping machine which may be lofany usual or preferred construction. The web of aluminum foil to be cut is fed from a roll 11 wound on av core 12 the shaftA 13 of which is'journaled in the brackets 14 lextending downwardly from the longitudinal bars 15 supported -on vthe-upri ;hts '10. The length of foil 16, from the lower end of which a predetermined amount is tobeout, passes' over an idler roll 17 ournaled in the bars 15,

and thence passes downwardly between the feed rolls 18 .and 19 to the` cutting devices which are indicated generally at 2O in Fig. 1.

The feed rolls 18 and 19 are mounted on shafts22 and 23, respectively, journaled at their outerends .in the `frame sections 34 (only one being shown) 'depending from the bars 15.A The rear endsv of the shafts-22 and 23 project beyond the frame ofthe machine and'carry the intermeshing gears 24 and 25 which are driven intermittently by means of a gear 2G.meshing with the gear 24 and mounted' on. ai stud' 27 secured in a l To the front face of the gear 26 are secured four slotted arms 29 arranged as a Geneva gear and which are adapted to be engaged and actuated by an arm 30 secured to the shaft 31 journaled in the lower ends of the brackets 14. On the forward end of the shaft 31 is mounted a sprocket wheel 32 over which passes a chain 33 which is continuously driven from a convenient source of power in the wrapping machine.

The foil cutting devices 20 comprise a stationar7 blade 35 supported on a crosspiece 36 secured at its ends to the vlongitudinally extending bars 37 supported from the uprights 10 of the frame ofthe machine7 and a movable blade 38 secured to the pin 39v pivoted in the rear bar 37. The pin, 39 is provided` with anv arm 40 connected at its outer end by a link 41 with a crank 42 0011-. nected with the miter gears 43 and 44 journaled inthe rear bar 87. The gear 44l is provided with a sprocket 45 over which passes the. lower end of a chain 46, the upper end` of which passes over a sprocket 47 mounted.' on the rear end of a shaft 48 journaled in the lower ends. of the downward projec" tions. 49 from the frame sections 34. 0n the forward end of the shaft 48 is mounted a sprocket 50.0ver which passes one end of a chain 51, the other end of which passes over a sprocket 52 mounted on the front end of the shaft 31. .The timing of the rotation of the arm 230` and the oscillation of the movi ableblade 38 is such that when the blade 38' isV in open. position, as shown inF ig. 5, the feed rolls 18 and 19 are actuated to advance a Ypre-determined length of web between the cutter blades. When the feed rolls come to rest due to the disengagement of the arm 30 from the slot of one of the arms. 29 of the Geneva gear the blade 88 is actuated to sever the piece of foil positioned between the cutter blades. Thev foregoing instrumentalities 'are constructed and operate as is usual in vnaled atrtheir outerends. in a downwardlyextending part of the frame sections 34. The free ends of the Varms 54 and 55 extend.

toward each other at a downwardly inclined anglev and are tipped with a resilient fric tional substance, such. as rubber'58, so that when the fingers are raised and brought together on. opposite sidesvof the length ofV web 16, the frictional engagement of the fingers therewith will lift the web and disengage the lower end thereof from the cutter blades.

The ngers 54 and 55 are simultaneously7 caused to engage with and lift the length of web 16 by imparting a clockwise motion to the finger-s 54 and a counter-clockwise motion to the fingers 55. F or thispurpose the shaft 56 is provided at its rear endv with a segmental gear -59 which Vmeshes with a corresponding segment gear 60 mount-ed on the rear end of the shaft 57. On the forward .end of the shaft 56 is fixed a slotted arm in connection. with theGeneva gear 2.6 causes. the.feed rolls 18 and 19 to be intermittently actuated to draw a predetermined length .of web from the roll 11 and advance it between the cutter blades 35 and 38 which areA now in open position, as shown in Fig. 5. Immediately the predetermined length Of web has been advanced between the cutter blades,

the movable blade 3.8 is closed upon thev stationary blade 35 and severs the web. lmmediately following the closing of the movable blade upon the stationary blade, severing of the predetermined length of web the uncut length of web 16 extending from the feed rolls to the cutter blades is pulled longitudinally away from the blades by YJehe actuation of the fingers. 54 and. 55, the. cam,Y

66 being so timed with relation tothe actua-l tion of themovable cutter blade that thel active part 67 thereof engagesthe roller 65 as the movable cutter'blade closes.` The crank 3l which actuates the movable cuttery mined length of web betweenthem, and will;

be in closed position momentarily following the cutting operation while the web lifting fingers are actuated tolift theuncut length of web from the cutters.V The action of the web lifting lingers is to pull the lowerv end of the uncut portion 16 of the web away from the cutter blades. lf the'lower end of! the uncut portion of the web adheres to onev blade or the other, it will become disen,f aged The .shaft 31 is constantly driven not crinkle theend of the web. It is necessary to lift the end of the web only a short distance above the cutter blades so. as to free it therefrom. The amount ofy lift imparted to-the uncut portion of the vweb is indicated by the bent portion 68 between the web lifting fingers and the feed rolls in Fig. 2. The sole purpose of lifting the' length of web 16 being to disengage ,the` lower end thereof from the cut-ter blades, the web is held raised only momentarily during which time the cutter blade 38 swings to open position. The fingers 54 and 55 then swing downwardly by reason of the fact that the` active part 67 of the cam. 66 passes outof engagement with the roller 65. The web is now free to be advanced another predetermined length on the next actuation of the feed rolls. Since the lower end of the web is entirely free from the cutter blades the web is properly advanced between the cutter blades.

From the foregoing description it will be understood by those skilled in the art that theV invention may be embodied informs other than that shown in the drawings, an important feature of the invention being to exert a longitudinal pull upon the uncut length of web extending Vfrom the feed rolls to the cutter blades to draw the uncut portion of the webaway from the blades to preventthe possibility of sticking and crinkling.

Having thus described the invention what I claim as new 1. A web feeding and cutting mechanism comprising, means for supporting a roll of web, a pair of feed rolls between which the web passes, means for actuating the feed rolls to advance a length of web, a pair of cutter blades consisting of a stationary blade and a movable blade, means for actuating the movable blade, and means for exerting a longitudinal pull upon the uncut'length of web extending from the feed rolls to the cutter blades in a direction from the cutter blades to the feed rolls to withdraw the end of the uncut portion of the web from the cutter blades.

2. A web feeding and cutting mechanism comprising, means for supporting a roll of web, a pair of feed rolls between which the web passes, a pair of cutter blades, means for actuating the feed rolls to advance a length -of web between the cutter blades when they are in open position, means for Vactuating the cutter blades to sever the length of web, and means operating while 'Vee the cutter blades are still in closed position following the cutting operation to exert a longitudinal pull upon the length of web extending from the, feed rolls to the cutter blades to-disengage the end ofthe web from the cutter blades. y

3. A web feeding and cutting mechanism comprising, means for supporting a roll of web, a pair of feed rolls between which the webpasses,a pair vof cutter blades located below the-'feed rolls, means for actuating thefeed rolls to advance ay lengthfof web between the cutter blades whenthey arelin open position, means for actuating the cutterblades to sever the length of web', itwo series of lingers located between the feed rolls and the cutter blades for engaging the Aweb on opposite sides thereof, and means for actuating the Vfingers while the cutter blades are still in closed position following ythe `cutting operation to engage the uncut portion of the v web and exert a longitudinal pull thereon to lift it from lthe cutter blades.

4,. A web feeding andcutting mechanism comprising, means for supporting a roll of web, a pair of feed rolls between which thev web passes, a pair of cutter blades located below the feed rolls, means for actuating the feed rolls to advance a length of web between the cutter blades when they are in open position, and means operative while the cutter blades are still in closed position f-ollowing the cutting operation to exert a longitudinal pull on the uncut'length ofy web extending from the feed rolls Vto the cutter blades to lift the lower end thereof clear of the cutter blades.

5. A web feeding and cutting mechanism comprising, means for supporting a roll of web, a pair of feed rolls between which the` advance a predetermined length of webbe- Y tween the cutter blades when they are in open position, means for actuating the movable blade to cause'it to close upon thev stationary blade and sever the predetermined length of web, two series of lingers located between the feed rolls and the cutter blades and arranged to engage the web on opposite sides thereof, connections between the ngers to cause them to operate simultaneously, a cam, connections between the cam and the fingers, and means for actuating the cam while the critter blades are still in closed position following thev cutting operation to cause the fingers to close upon and lift the feed rolls to the cutter blades.

6. A web feeding and cutting mechanismfrom the cutting devices to the feeding devices'to remove the end of the web from the lcutting devices. Y Y.

7. A web feeding and cutting mechanism' uncut" length of web extending from the,

comprising,A means for supporting a length of web, a pair of feedk rolls between which the web passes, a pair of cutter blades located below the feed rolls, means for actu- 5 ating the feed rolls to advance a pl'edetelmined length of web between the Gutter blades when they are in open position, and

means located between the Gutter blades and the feed rolls and operative after the cuttingv operation t0 exert a longitudinal pull on the 10 uncut length of web extending from the feed rolls to the cutter blades to lift the lower endthereof clear of the cutter blades. Y

GEORGE A. BRESETT. 

